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Installation

Qseek requires Python 3.12 or newer. Install it from PyPI:

pip install qseek
pipx install qseek
uv tool install qseek

Check the installation:

qseek --version

Supported platforms

Pre-built packages (wheels) are available for:

Platform Architecture Python
Linux x86_64, aarch64 3.12–3.14
macOS 15 or newer Apple Silicon (arm64) 3.12–3.14
macOS 15 or newer Intel (x86_64) 3.12

x86_64 CPUs without AVX2

The pre-built x86_64 packages require a CPU with the AVX2 and FMA instruction sets (Intel Haswell, AMD Zen or newer). On older CPUs Qseek warns at startup; install it from source instead.

Install from source

Building from source requires a C compiler with OpenMP. On macOS, install OpenMP with brew install libomp. The build is optimized for the CPU of the installing machine.

Build the latest release
pip install --no-binary qseek qseek
Build the development version from GitHub
pip install git+https://github.com/pyrocko/qseek

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